Star-Lord, Your Dad Exploded!

God-slaying!?

The term had several different interpretations in the Marvel universe.

To an Earthling, killing an ordinary Asgardian expert who possessed a divine title counted as god-slaying. For example, if someone killed Sif, they could naturally be called a god-slayer.

Going higher, killing a powerful Asgardian god like Thor also counted as god-slaying.

Alternatively, killing any Sub-Celestial expert with a mortal body could also be considered god-slaying. Even leaving a small wound on the face of the Sub-Celestial Thanos was enough to be called a mortal who stood shoulder to shoulder with the gods.

And Daisy knew perfectly well that the "god-slaying" Li Congxin was talking about was the slaughter of a Cosmic Deity—Ego!

If it had been any other Cosmic Deity, even a giant like the Celestials, Daisy’s strength would have found it difficult to pose a fatal threat to him. But Ego was different. As a living planet, his advantages and weaknesses were equally obvious. In the film, the Guardians of the Galaxy had accomplished the feat of killing someone above their level with just one timed bomb. Against a Sub-Celestial expert like Daisy, whose abilities naturally countered giants, it would be even easier.

While dealing with the endless divine tentacles, Daisy said excitedly, "I certainly won’t feel any psychological burden about killing a Cosmic Deity who’s committed such heinous crimes, but there are simply too many tentacles here. I’m afraid I won’t have enough strength left to launch a fatal attack against him."

Just then, a streak of sword light swept over, forcibly cleaving a passage through the divine tentacles that blotted out the sky and sun before arriving directly in front of Daisy.

Immediately afterward, the sword light suddenly transformed. The gorgeous long sword embedded with two Infinity Stones turned into a bright-red cloak and draped itself over her.

The cloak fluttered in the gale stirred up by the divine tentacles. At that moment, Daisy looked like a female God of War descending from the heavens.

Realizing that Li Congxin had lent her his protective divine artifact, Daisy’s spirits soared. She no longer hesitated. She spread both hands apart, and powerful shock waves erupted from her palms, blasting straight toward the planetary crust below.

Seeing that Daisy actually dared to attack his true body, Ego grew anxious as well. The energy tentacles around them rushed toward her from every direction. They did not expect to crush Daisy to death with such attacks, but at the very least, they had to interrupt her shock-wave assault.

However, Daisy trusted Li Congxin completely. Facing the overwhelming divine tentacles, she ignored them entirely and focused on channeling her shock energy, driving wave after wave along the crust and blasting deep into the planet’s core!

The facts proved that Li Congxin had never disappointed anyone. This time was no exception!

Just as the overwhelming divine tentacles were about to drown Daisy, Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns draped across her back suddenly changed form. It transformed from a soft, flowing cloak into a thirteen-story red pagoda. At the top of the pagoda, an orange gem and a green gem representing the powers of the soul and time resonated with each other. Their powers simultaneously reinforced the pagoda, multiplying its defensive strength and making it impregnable!

The overwhelming divine tentacles crashed down one after another, yet they could not even touch the tower. The divine power surrounding it sent them flying and shattered them!

In fact, every time Li Congxin’s divine power rose by a level, he would reforge this most useful weapon at his side. Especially after becoming the God of Vengeance, he had integrated the power of the laws he controlled into the cloak. Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns now already carried the powers of the three universal laws represented by the Infinity Stones—power, space, and reality. With the additions of soul and time, it possessed the law powers of five of the six Infinity Stones.

Although the actual Stones were not present, and the first three powers could not be perfectly unleashed by anyone other than Li Congxin, the defensive force created by combining five laws was absolutely not something Ego could break through in a short time.

In fact, even if he were given more time, he might not be able to do it.

What was more, under Daisy’s unceasing shock waves, how much longer could Ego, who had completely fused with the planet, hold out? That remained unknown.

Under these circumstances, the only way he could break through Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns’ defenses was if his Phoenix Force avatar returned to save him. Then, there might be a sliver of hope.

However, just as he was about to control the Phoenix Force avatar and return to save himself, Li Congxin, who had been prepared for it, blasted him back to his original position with a punch. "This way is blocked!"

Seeing that his life was under a fatal threat, Ego finally changed his previously conservative tactics. He controlled the Phoenix Force avatar and launched a deadly assault at Li Congxin, who had blocked his path to survival.

Li Congxin naturally met him head-on without hesitation.

There were no flashy techniques, only the simplest and most direct collision of divine power. For a time, Ego actually relied on the sharpness of the Phoenix Force to fight Li Congxin to a standstill.

However, with the battle having reached this point, the strongest clash between Li Congxin and the Phoenix Force avatar was no longer the key to determining victory or defeat. Unless Ego could drive Li Congxin back in a short time, he could not avoid his impending destruction.

The question was, could he do it?

Of course not!

Even if he relied on the Phoenix Force and unleashed a powerful attack like a final burst of strength before death, it still would not work!

Thus, after Li Congxin and Ego’s Phoenix Force avatar frantically traded offense for offense for another three minutes, Daisy’s shock power finally pierced through the crust and slammed solidly into a brain hidden deep within the planet’s core.

"No!"

Accompanied by an unwilling roar, Ego’s divine power within the Phoenix Force avatar began to collapse and disperse at astonishing speed!

Immediately afterward, the entire Ego Planet began to tremble violently, already reaching the verge of collapse.

The next moment, volcanoes erupted, and heaven and earth crumbled!

After the brain in the core region was destroyed, the life of an entire planet reached its end. Daisy, the culprit behind it all, shot into the sky under Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns’ protection. She pushed her super speed and flying ability to their limits, bursting out of the atmosphere at a terrifying speed approaching that of light.

Looking back, Ego’s planetary body had already begun to crack and shrink on a massive scale. Then came a violent explosion, and this planet with an independent consciousness vanished completely from the universe.

The energy shock wave produced by the planet’s explosion sent even Daisy, who had retreated to the edge of the star system, flying with her clothes and hair whipping in the wind.

Although Daisy had won a complete victory, her expression now carried a trace of worry.

Without Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns protecting him, could Clark’s body really withstand such a violent explosion?

Whether his body could withstand it was not even within Li Congxin’s consideration. He had never intended to use this explosion to test whether his physical defenses were strong enough.

Compared to that, he had something more important to do.

Because just as Ego’s divine power collapsed and the Phoenix Force once again lost its host, this divine power, which posed a fatal threat to the universe, once again transformed into the shape of a phoenix and flew toward the distant, boundless stars.

"You’re not getting away."

As a familiar voice rang out, Li Congxin’s figure appeared directly in front of the Phoenix Force through the power of space.

Seeing Li Congxin blocking its path, the Phoenix Force immediately repeated its old trick. It split into five once more, intending to scatter Li Congxin’s attention so that at least one fragment could escape.

However, the moment its form broke apart, it was completely fixed in place. Li Congxin had used the power of space to lock down the Phoenix Force’s movements.

Could the power of space lock down the Phoenix Force?

The answer was clearly no.

Li Congxin’s fully activated spatial energy trapped the five scattered fragments of the Phoenix Force for less than one-tenth of a second before they broke through the spatial seal.

However, when the divine power finally regained its freedom and was preparing to flee again, five enormous masses of divine power surged toward it from the front and wrapped around it, trapping it completely.

Spatial energy might not be able to seal the phoenix completely, but using it to buy time was no problem at all.

As vast divine power pressed in from all directions, the five divided fragments of the Phoenix Force struggled futilely for only a few dozen seconds before being completely annihilated under this shameless attack that injured the enemy by eight hundred while costing a thousand of its own.

Thus, three of the five fragments of the Phoenix Force that had been scattered throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe had now been eliminated.

Leaving aside the fragment possessing Ava, only one fragment remained unaccounted for.

With a wave of his hand, Li Congxin drew the remaining divine power back into his body. Only then did he activate his spatial ability again and vanish from where he stood. After bringing Daisy, who had been worrying about him, along with him, he made another spatial jump and returned to the Congxin One spaceship.

Received 999 Impression Points from Gamora!

Received Impression Points from Peter Quill…

Received…

Only after first seeing Ego Planet explode and then seeing Li Congxin and Daisy return safely did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at Star-Lord, the useless teammate who had recovered from his coma, Li Congxin could not help smiling. "Sorry, your dad exploded."

Star-Lord was completely unfazed by Li Congxin’s teasing. "He deserved to die. He killed my mother!"

All right. For someone who did not understand the joke, Li Congxin’s humor was completely wasted.

Shrugging, Li Congxin turned his gaze toward Rocket Raccoon on the other side and asked again, "Now that Ego’s matter has been perfectly resolved, what do you think about my earlier proposal? Have you considered joining me?"

Rocket Raccoon shook his head. "Although your proposal is indeed very tempting, I still don’t want to leave my friends."

Was this the bond between teammates?

Li Congxin smiled faintly. "Actually, that’s easy to resolve. If all of you join the Avengers, won’t you avoid having to choose between the two? This is a sincere invitation."

Hearing that Li Congxin had actually invited all of them, the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy began hesitating at the same time.

At that moment, Li Congxin once again shouted to them in a highly tempting tone, "Join the Avengers! Use my name to stir things up across the universe!"

"Gulalalala…"

After repeatedly revising this section of the story, it had become very different from my original idea.

Actually, according to my initial plan, Ego Planet was also supposed to be shattered by the shock power of Li Congxin and Daisy, but not with this method.

As for exactly how it was supposed to be shattered, please use your imagination. I truly didn’t dare write that scene.